 which had stalled in the Senate in late 2021. A breakthrough came the following July when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and holdout Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia began secret negotiations in hopes of reviving it. A day after the two lawmakers began meeting Democratic mega-donor Jim Simons, an enthusiastic backer of the party's green energy efforts, gave $2.5 million to Schumer's super PAC,